Herodias

Herodias (15 BC-39 AD) was the wife of Herod II and Herod Antipas. She played a key role in John the Baptist's dance, requesting his head as a reward for her daughter Salome's dance in front of Antipas.

Biography
Herodias was the daughter of Aristobulus IV and the sister of Herod of Chalcis, Aristobulus Minor, and Mariamne III, and she married her half-uncle Herod II. She later remarried to Philip the Tetrarch, and her third husband was Herod Antipas, who divorced his own wife to marry the divorced Herodias. John the Baptist criticized this marriage, leading to Antipas imprisoning him. Herodias demanded John's head due to his insults, and she had her daughter Salome dance for Antipas and ask for John's head as a reward. After John was executed, Salome presented Antipas and Herodias with John's head on a plate. Herodias later went into exile with her husband after he was accused of plotting against Rome, and they died in Gaul.